Chinese Shoe Enterprises And EU Anti-Dumping Enters Final Stage

Although there were no other domestic shoe companies to help, AOKANG still resolutely chose to take the anti-dumping case to the end. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the AOKANG shoe Limited by Share Ltd of Zhejiang that AOKANG has lodge an appeal against the anti-dumping case against leather shoes in the court of first instance by the attorney general, which indicates that the litigation between Chinese shoe companies and the European Union has reached the final stage in legal proceedings.

It is reported that in October 2006, the European Union formally launched a 16.5% year anti-dumping duty on leather shoes originating in China. AOKANG and other 5 Chinese shoe companies believe that the European Commission has violated the law in the investigation process, and filed a judicial review in December 2006 to the European Court of first instance. The lawsuit that lasted nearly 4 years finally came to an end in March 2010: the European Court of first instance rejected the claim of 5 Chinese shoe companies.

"The EU has imposed restrictions on leather shoes exported to China for nearly 15 years." Wang Zhentao, chairman of AOKANG footwear Limited by Share Ltd, said AOKANG continued to appeal to the EU high court because the EU's "unequal treatment" for Chinese leather shoes could not be accepted by Chinese shoe companies. "There should be a settlement. This is the reason why AOKANG continues to follow the legal process and carry out the lawsuit."

According to the latest statistics from China Leather Industry Association, the previous anti-dumping duty resulted in a 20% reduction in the output of Chinese leather shoes exported to Europe. About 40 million pairs of shoes were exported to the EU, which caused about twenty thousand workers to lose their jobs.

In addition to the positive confrontation, AOKANG is also actively carrying out spanformation and upgrading, making strategic adjustments in the way of product production and export, upgrading core competitiveness of industries by technological innovation, promoting the cultivation and construction of domestic brands, opening up a diversified international market, optimizing the structure and layout of export products, and upgrading the level of industrial clusters.